Minn. House members, advocates to unveil series of gender-based violence prevention initiatives

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – On Tuesday morning, members of the Minnesota House of Representatives will be joined by victim and survivor advocates for a press conference to launch “Gender-Based Violence Prevention Week” in the House Public Safety Division. This week, the panel, chaired by Rep. Carlos Mariani (DFL – Saint Paul), will hear a variety of bills regarding the topic, including training for law enforcement on investigations of sexual assault, ending the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women endemic, repeal of the “marital rape” exception and other initiatives as part of a comprehensive effort to end gender-based violence.

WHAT: Press conference to launch “Gender-Based Violence Prevention Week” in the Minnesota House Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Division.

WHO: House Public Safety Division Chair Rep. Carlos Mariani (DFL – Saint Paul), Rep. Kelly Moller (DFL – Shoreview), Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL – Coon Rapids), Rep. Mary Kunesh-Podein (DFL – New Brighton), Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL – Roseville), advocates for victims and survivors of gender-based violence including representatives from the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women (MCBW), Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA), and Reviving Sisterhood.

WHERE: Room B971, Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, 55155

WHEN: Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 9:00 a.m.